Facts and Notes

Birth: 4 December 1894; Laddonia, Audrain County, Missouri, USAB; In the 1930 census he also indicated that he was born in Missouri, however, in the 1940 census he indicated that he was born in Mississippi.1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,13,14

Baptism: 1895; Baptized by Reverend France Mitchell during the Spring.3

Education: 1915; Presbyterian College, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, USAB; Entered Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina during 1912. As of 1915 he was a member of the Philomathean Literary Society, club editor of the "PaC-SaC" college yearbook, president of the class 1913-14, captain of the 1913-14 and 1914-15 basketball teams, manager of the 1914-15 basketball team, member of the 1913-14 and 1914-15 football teams, member of the 1913-14 and 1914-15 baseball teams, and president of the YMCA in 1915-16, He was also a participant in the 1913-14 Declaimers Contest and the 1914-15 Commencement Orators' Contest.7

Residence: Between 1917 and 1918; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, USAB; Age: 2310

Description: 5 June 1917; He was of medium height and build, and had blue eyes and dark hair10

Military: 29 May 1918; He enlisted in the US Navy on 29 May 1918, at age 23, shortly after completing his studies at the Presbyterian College14,17

Education: After 29 May 1918; He acquired a bachelor of divinity degrees from the Columbia Theological Seminary, an MA degree from the University of South Carolina, and a doctorate of theology from the Union Theological Seminar of Richmond17

Occupation: Between 1922 and 1923; Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USAB; Began his ministry as pastor of the Andalusia First Presbyterian Church17

Marriage: 15 June 1922; Janie James McDILL; Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USAB; The ceremony was performed by Dr. Flaurnay Shepperson at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Wood, on Hemphill Avenue3,2,18

Occupation: Between 1923 and 1936; He was involved in student work: at Charlottesville among University of Virginia students, 1923-27; then Starkville and Mississippi State from 1927 to 193617

Death: 17 March 1974; Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USAB; died of malnutrition and cachaxia as a result of chronic brain syndrome and cerebral arteriosclerosis.5,8,11,12,14

Note: He served during World War 2 as a chaplain in the US Army from 1940 until he was discharged on 9 January 1946. He had attained the rank of major by the time he received orders to report to Fort Bliss, Texas, in December 1940, and served as Chief of the Chaplain's Section while he was assigned to Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, in August 1944. While in service, he prepared the devotional booklets "Spiritual K Rations" and "Spiritual Service Record," of which more than one-third of a million were distributed among service personnel.

Citations

[S435] Woodson, Robert S., Family Record, Woodson, Robert S.. Family Record. about 1928. Privately held by Mary Jane Reyes, Lorton, Virginia. 2014.

[S436] Woodson, Robert S., Brief Family History of Robert S. Woodson, Woodson, Robert S.. Brief Family History of Robert S. Woodson. Privately held by Mary Jane Reyes, Lorton, Virginia, 2014, Robert Woodson states that Middleton Singleton attended Missouri State University in 1847. However, he probably meant the University of Missouri, which was established at Columbia in Boone County in 1839; Missouri State wasn't established until 1905.

[S562] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Various school yearbooks from across the United States, Record for Robert Singleton Woodson

[S668] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, Record for Robert Singleton Woodson

[S545] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004, North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Caroline Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, Record for Robert Woodson